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prophetic wisdom from the late, great James Baldwin.

he got it – the depth of love, of life, of how to dance in this mystery of BEing.

Jesus said “…whatever you did for one of the least of these…you did for me.”

he got. Buddhists also get it w/ their foundational recognition of our interdependence, indeed, our interbeing w/ all life. the South African philosophy of Ubuntu is another way of saying it as well, “I am because we are.”

do we get it? how can we say we do, if we support a consistent flow of othering, escalation, & violence? i don’t think we get it & we will continue to cycle through violence & pass violence onto our children as a way of un-BEing, wrapped up in a million shiny righteous excuses until we do. may we wake up to our inherent relationship w/ life.

~j

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